Comment on Overwatch 2 season 10 will make all new heroes free, Blizzard announces

• NekkoDroid@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The actual reason is to hide the fact they’re probably not gonna have much if any pve content soonish

  They literally out right said multiple times that PvE content is mostly shelved and to not expect anything.

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• imecth@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don't see the correlation between those and making new heroes free. Maybe as a way to douse the community flames.
  I think it's simply because people want to play the new content. While some will cave and buy a battlepass, it doesn't offset the losses of the grind and paywall that stops people from coming back and investing to begin with.

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  • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a distraction tactic. Blizzard has been doing it for years in wow too.

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    • imecth@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Obviously they made the announcement at an opportune moment, but blizz wouldn't be making this change if it didn't coincide with their bottom line.

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